Upper-pulling machine



May 27; 1930. B, JORGENSEN UPPER PULLING' MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet Original Filed March 19 1923 r. illxpk y 7, 1930. B. JORGENSEN 1,760,142

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UPPER PULLING MACHINE May 27, 1930.

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' UPPER PULLINGMACHINE Original 'F'iled March 19, 1923 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 27, 1930 BEBNHARDT J'QRGENSEN, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T UNITED SHOE MAO UOEEOE-ATIGIQ', OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CGR-PORATION OF NEW JERSEY UPPER-FUELING- MACHINE Application filed March 19, 1923, Serial No. 626,083. Renewed April 24, 1929.

sactice heretofore in the use of pulling-over 1 machines, for example at the rear of the ballv line where the sides of the last curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank.

Machines that are used for pulling over uppers, with or without toe lasting means, are commonly provided with means for pulling the upper at the end of the toe and at the opposite sides of the forepart at or near the location of the tip seam. After the pullingover operation the sides of the shoe are lasted by the use of a machine of the hand method type. It is the common practice for the operator of the side-lasting machine first to mount the shoe on a spindle and by the use of hand pincers to pull the upper inwardly and usually somewhat forwardly over the bottom of the last at the rearo-f the ball line, where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole or insole (herein frequently referred to generically as the sole) curve inwardly toward the shank portion of the shoe, and by 0 driving tacks to fasten the upper in those 10- cations, these operations being performed first at one side of the shoe and then at the other side. This procedure is usually regarded as necessary for satisfactory results in side lasting, principally for the reason that the side-lasting machine, which operates on a shoe supported and controlled by the operator, is not well adapted to apply to the upper as hard a pull as is needed in the locations above mentioned, and for the further reason that successful results in pulling the upper both forwardly and inwardly by the use of this machine would require the exercise of a high degree of skill on the part of the operator in presenting the shoetothe machine. These limitations render it, for the most part, impractical to use the machine to accomplish what is done by hand. Tl he hand pulling and tacking, however, restricts very considerably the output of the side-lasting machine and takes much of the time of a high ly paid operator. There is, moreover, the further objection to the hand work, as well as to the use of the side-lasting machine for the purpose, that in applying the pull first at one side of the shoe and then at thev other it is only by the exercise of great care that serious distortion of the upper can be avoided.

Th1s invention, in one important aspect, aims to overcome the difficulties and disadiii) vantages above mentioned by providing in an upper pulling machine means for accomplishing the result thatthe operator of the sidelasting machine has heretofore aimed to accomplish by hand before presenting the shoe to that machine, a very important object being to produce a better shoe than heretofore by guarding against distortion of the upper andby determining in an automatic manner the direction and the force of the pull. The invention accordingly provides novel means for pulling an upper at that portion of a shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, in such manner as to conform the upper tightly to the contour of the last across rear of the ball line, the machine herein shown having grippers for pulling the upperthus at the opposite sides of the shoe simultaneously. The curvature above mentioned is, of course, more pronounced at the inner side of a shoe than at the outer side. and in order to accomplish the desired results at the inner side of the shoe the machine has means for imparting to the gripper at that side both a turning or twisting movement and aforward or foredrawing movement toward the toe,

that as far as turning movement of that gripper is concerned, it may be permitted to assume whatever posltion 1s natural in re-- all sponse to resistance of the upper in the overdrawlng operation. In other respects both grippers may pull substantially alike. Since the opposite shoes of a pair will usually be operated upon in succession, the invention further provides automatic means for setting the parts to operate on rights and lofts alternately, the machine illustrated also having means for indicating whether the parts are set to operate on a right shoe or a left shoe, With further means whereby adjustment be made manually to operate on a right or a left as desired.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means for fastening the upper after it has been pulled in the manner above set forth, and to this end the machine herein shown has overlaying and fastening means comprising wiper and tacker units arranged to operate substantially in the locations where the upper is pulled inwardly by the grippers at the opposite sides of the shoe. 111 Order to 4 hold the upper properly when it is released by the grlpp'ers and to driven the tacks in the proper relation to the edge of the shoe bottom, it is desirable that the wiping and tacking means move inwardly at each side of the sh e in a direction substantially perpendicular to thatportion of the edge 01" the shoe bottom where the overwiping operation is performed. This necessitates that the Wiper and taclrer unit, operating for purposes of the present invention on that portion of the shoe which curves inwardly toward the shank, move laterally of the shoe with component of movement toward the toe end of the shoe.

The desired result is accomplished in the construction shown by means for imparting auto: matically to the wiper and taclrer unit at each side 03'. the shoe a turning movement during its movement laterally of the shoe, in such manner as to swing its wiper into substantial- 1y perpendicular relation to" the edge of that portion of the sole Where the overwiping oporation is performed, the wiper and taclzer unit thus assuming ,atthe end or its wiping movement a-position for driving the tacks at substanti l'y equal distances from the edge of the sole. 7 For. reasons such as hereinbetore set forth withreierence to the turning of the grippers, it is desirable that the wiper and tackerunit that operates at the lnn'ersi'd'e' of a shoe have greater component of forward movement than the unit, that operates at the outer side of the shoe. The machine isac- V provided with means for accomthis result,,and also with means concordin plishn 'nected with the gripper controlling means for producing the desired alternation for rights and lofts.

The above and other features of the inven' of construction and combinations of parts, will be more fully set forth by'referenceto ti sides of the to-repart, and the means for s1 pulling and for overwiping fastening the "p us": is accordingly arranged to operate on the shoe only the rear of the portions operated upon by the wellrknown commercial pulling-over machines. t is to be recognized, however, that in many oi its aspects the invention is not restricted in utility to machines for operating upon a previously pulled-over shoe nor to means for operating upon the shoe in the particular locations herein illustrated in the drawings: Figure is view in side elevation of the 9 fl pcrtioiot'a machine in which the invenied, illustrating diagrammatially the position of a shoe and showing a portion of the shoe iipporting means in opera- :he head portion of the ma roi'n th front, with the shoe i l'e' position; 7 the rippers and the wiper iits, with associated parts of their o er, ting al /l controlling means,- as vi wed irom below, parts of the" structure being omitted and parts in section Fig. t is afront elevation of one of the winer and taclrer units and an adjacent portion of the frame of the machine; a 5 shows in side elevation and on a l .ng and controlling means, with parts in on a section on the line 99 otj Fig. up; more iy the shape of the rel controlling the wiper and taclrer tructureseen in Fig. 3, i1 eht positions of the parts;

7 hi 11 shows the'bottom oia shoe after it been operated upon by the machine and il 5 i 'rammaticaily diileient posie p'persr I as her 1. J. hated, a ma ration con'sidermo U w v 3 resent lllVBDL-lGil may scale than. Fig. l a portion of the op J AL:

and for a better understanding of details of the structure not hereinafter particularly described. reference may be made to said pat The machine has a sole rest 2 provided with a pair of feet l for engaging the sole at opposite sides of the forepart. and for pur poses of the present invention the sole rest has a forward extension 6 which projects downwardly into position to engage the toe end face of the shoe and acts as a gage to determine the lengthwise position of the shoe when the operator presents the shoe to the machine. The sole rest 2 is carried by a holder 8 mounted for rocking movement about a shaft 10, the holder having a roll 12 engaged by a cam 14E on the main cam shaft 16 for imparting to the sole rest and to the shoe short downwarc movement after the machine is started, similarly to the operation of pulling-over machines of the Mcl eely type. A return spring 17 connected to'the front end of the sole rest holds the roll 12 against its cam. In. the present machine the sole rest hc s no automatic movement lengthwise of the shoe, but is adjustable manually in its holder 8 in directions lengthwise of the shoe as heretofore by rack and pinion mechanism under control of a lever arm 18 on the shaft 10. This serves in the present construction to adjust the gage member 6 for different lengths of T he lever 18 carries a. bo..t 20 provided with a flanged head running in a guideway 22 and arranged to be tightened by a nut 24!: to hold the sole rest in adjusted position.

In the machine herein shown the shoe is clamped against the sole rest thereafter upheld and prevented from tipping during the operation of the u oer pulli L and fastening means by a stirrup-shaped shoe support which is moved manually to operative position before the machine is started. This shoe support comprises a yoke member 26 which carries bar faced with suitable cushi ning material, for example rubber, for engagement with t. e top of the forepartof the shoe at the rear of the toe. The yoke member 26 is pivotally suspended by a rogl 30 on the lower end of a bar 32 which is enlarged laterally at its lower end and forked to embrace a guide plate 34- that projects upwardly from the sole rest2. At its upper end the bar 32 is connected to a pair of crank arms 36 of a rock shaft 38 by means of a pin 40 which extends through a. slot in the bar and bears on. the lower end of a spring plunger 42 mounted in the upper end portion of the bar. Fast on one end of the rock shaft 38 is an arm i l connected by a. rod 16 to a treadle (not shown). ii hen the treadlc is depressed the arms 36 are thus swung from the broken line position to the full line position of Fig. 1 and act to impartupward movement yieldingly to the bar 32 through the plunger 12, at the same time swinging the upper end portion of the bar forwardly. Further to control the-yokemember 26 in such manner as to position the bar 28 initially in such relation to the sole rest as not to interfere with the manual positioning of the shoe, the yoke member carries a pin 48 (Fig. 1) which projects through a curved slot 50 in the plate 34, the rod 30' being guided in a straight slot 51 in this plate. When the bar 32 is in lowered position the yoke member 26 is thus swung forwardly to the broken line position of Fig. l, and when the bar'is lifted the curved edge of the slotted portion of the plate 3 1 acts as a cam to swing the yoke member rearwardly to position the bar 28 under the forepart of the shoe before it is lifted far enough to engage the shoe. Further upward movement of the bar 32 then carries the member 28 into supporting engagement with the shoe. When the parts are thus positioned the crank arms 36 are on dead center relatively to the direction of pressure of the shoe support on the shoe, and the shoe support is thus locked in operative position against displacement by downward pressure of the shoe. As already stated, the sole rest after the starting of the machine receives a short downward movement, and this serves to clamp the shoe still more firmly upon the supporting member 28.

It is desirable to provide means for returning the shoe support automatically to its idle position after the operations on the shoe have been completed, thereby releasing the shoe, and for this purpose the arms 36 have pro jections 52 on which is pivotally suspended a link 54. By downward movement of this link the crank arms 36 are carried off dead center, thereby releasing the bar 32 to the action of a spring 56 which then moves the bar downwardly to impart shoe-releasing and forward swinging movement to the shoe supporting member 28. For imparting such downward movement to the link 54; the machine may conveniently utilize, as illustrated, connections heretofore utilized in one form of pulling-over machine for operating the toe gripper, these connections comprising a short lever 58 mounted to turn about a fixed pin 60 and connected by a pivot 62 to one arm of a lever 64:. At its rear end the lever 64 is connected yieldingly to a cam slide 66 operated by a cam on the cam shaft 16 in a well-known manner. It will be understood that in that portion of the cycle in which the pulling of the uppertakes place the front end of the short lever 58 receives an upward movement, and that it re ceives a return movement downwardly at the time of the return of the other parts of thewith a lower front corner or projection 68 Such movement of the treadle will carry the shoulder upwardly beyond the projection 68, but in the first. part of the cycle of the 'machine the lever 58 is swung upwardly far enough to reestablish its operative connection with the link.

For pulling the upper the machine is provided with opposite side grippers comprising'g ipper aws'Z2 mounted on gripper casmgs i and having gripper bars connected by ball-and-socket joints to updraw levers 76, in accordance with the well-known con struction of pulling-over machines of the type hereinbefore mentioned. It will be understood that updraw movement is imparted to the levers 7 6 yieldingly through springs 78 by a cam-operated slide-80' and that by such movement of the levers the grippers are.

closed on the upper and are moved in directions heightwise of the shoe to pull the upper. In the machine illustrated the grippers are arranged to engage the upper at the rear of the portions previously operated upon in pulling over or shaping the upper at the forepart of the shoe, and preferably in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole are inclined or curved inwardly toward the shank of the shoe. at the rear of the ball line, as illustrated in Fig. 11. The grippers are positioned initially far enough apart to permit the shoe to be inserted conveniently I between. them, and are arranged at such angles that the. upper may be. conveniently inserted between the aws when the shoe 1s presented to the machine.

To assist in accomplishing the objectsof the invention there isprovided means for imparting to that gripper which grips the upper at the inner side of the shoe a forerawing movement toward the toe, as herein wn in the course of its movement heightwise of the shoe, and since one of the oppoe grippers will engage the upper at the to it such forward movement.

"ranted on Dec. 11, 1966, on an application f R. F. McFeely. This mechanism con gripper.

prises rock shaft 82 (Figs. 3 and 5) mounted in bearings in the frame of the machine and having fast thereon a pinion 84: in operative engagement with a rack member 86 which is connected to one of the grippers.

ll lountedto turn on the shaft 82 is a sleeve 88 havingone end shaped in the form of a pinion 90 which is in operative engagement with a rack member 92 connected to the other their pinions in the present construction on the same side of the shaft 82, and at their front ends these rack members are provided with transverse guide arms 9 in which slides 96 are mounted for movement laterally of the shoe with the grippers, these slides being connected by pivots 98 to guide members 160 that are slidingly mounted in the ear sides of the gripper casings 74: so the the grippers may move relatively to the 1 emhere 100 in directions heightwise of the shoe. In will be understood from the foregoing description that forward movement is imparted to either gripper by movement of its rack member 86 or 92 in response to the turning of the pinion 84 or 90. For operating the pinion 84 the shaft 82 is turned by means of a gear sector 102 which engages a gear sector 104i fast on the end of the shaft 82, and foroperating the pinion 90 the sleeve 88 is similarly provided with a gear sector106 engaged by a gear sector 108 (Fig. 6). The turning movements of theshaft and the sleeve are effected respectively against the resistance of springs 110 and 112 which are arranged to maintain the grippers normally in predetermined positions lengthwise of the shoe. The gear sectors 102 and 108 receive their operative movements from a slide 114 (Figs. 1 and 5) which is mounted for horizontal movement in the frame and in that part of'the cycle when the grippers receive their upper pulling movement is moved toward the left (Fig. 1) by a cam 116 on the cam shaft 16. The slide 114 has mounted thereon a bracket 118 (Figs. 5, 6 and 7) provided with a rod 120 on which are pivoted a pair of arms 122 and secured adjustably on these arms by clamping screws 124 are plates 126 provided with shoulders 128 arranged to engage the down-turned ends of arms130 which are pivotally connected adjustably to crank arms 132 connected respectively to the different gear sectors 102 and 108. It will thus be evident that if either of the plates 126 is. in position for its shoulder 128 to engage the down-turned end of its associated: arm

130 upon movement of the slide 114 toward the left, it will act through the arm to impart turning movement to the corresponding gear sector 104 or 106 and will thereby impart forward movement to the correspon ing gripper. It will also be understood that the extent of such forward movement of the gripper may be adjusted by adjusting the The rack members 86 and enplate 126 on its arm 122 or by adjusting the plvotal connection between the arm 130 and the crank arm 132 to vary the effective length of the crank arm.

Since, as hereinbefore explained, it is deslred to impart foredrawing movement only to that gripper which engages the upper at the inner side of the shoe, the machine is provided with controlling means whereby only one of the plates 126 is in position for its shoulder 128 to engage its arm 130 when the slide 114 receives its operative movement. To this end there are mounted fast on a shaft 134 which is rotatable in the movable bracket 118 a pair of star wheels 136 having teeth arranged to engage downturned lugs 138 on the arms 122, these arms thus resting upon the differentrespective star wheels against which they are held by springs 140. wheels 136 are so fixed in relation to each other that the teeth of each wheel are in radial planes which are between the teeth of the other wheel, and by reason of this staggered arrangement and the relation of the lugs 138 on the arms 122 to each other, only one of these arms is at any time upraised in position for operating its associated arm 130, the lug 138 on the other arm 122 at that time resting between the teeth of the corresponding wheel 136. To limit downward movement of either arm 130 when its corresponding arm 122 is in lowered position,

each arm 130 carries a pin 142 which is arranged to engage a supporting shelf 144 formed on a bracket 146 which is fast on the frame of the machine.

To alternate the forward movements of the different grippers for operating successively The pawl carrier 148 is provided with an adj ustable screw 154 arranged to engage a fixed lug 156 in the return movement of the slide 114 toward the right (Fig. 5) thereby rendering the slide efiective in such movement to cause the pawl 150 to act on its ratchet wheel to turn the shaft the required distance. A spring 158 connected to the pawl carrier serves to hold the screw 154 in engagement with the lug 156 as the slide 114 receives its operative movement toward the left, thereby causing the pawl to move over the ratchet teeth into position to effect the next advance of the star wheels. The distance of such movement of the pawl is further controlled adjustably by means of a rod 160 which is pivoted to the pawl carrier and projects through an opening in a lug 162 on the mov- The It is desirable that the operator be enabled to ascertain at a glance whether the machine is set to operate on a right shoe or a left shoe, and to this end the machine is provided'with an automatically controlled signal device within view of the operator as he stands in his working position. This device comprises a pair of lever arms 166 and 168 plvoted on the frame of the machine and marked respectively Right and Left, these arms being,

connected by links 170 to the ends of pivoted lever armsv 172 which have downwardly extending projections 174 arranged to rest on guideways formed by lateral extensions of the plates 126 and held thereon by springs 175 connected to the arms 172. It will thus be evident that when an arm 122 and its plate l26'are upraised in operative position, the corresponding signal lever 166 or 168 will likewise be raised, while the other signal lever will be in lowered position. Preferably a plate 176 will be arranged to conceal the marking on the lever which is in lowered position, as illustrated in Fig. 7. If at any time the operator should desire to, change the able bracket 118, the rod having threaded adjustment, for example to operate successively on different right shoes or on different left shoes instead of on rights and lefts alternately, he is enabled to do'this by moving the pawl carrier 148 manually to turn the star wheels the required distance, this distance being determined by engagement of a shoulder 178 on the rod 160 with the front face of the lug 162.

For imparting to the gripper at the inner side of the shoe turning or twisting movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe, or substantially perpendicular to T the plane of the shoe bottom, to assist in tightening the upper and in drawing it close to the side of the last and to theedge of the Y sole at the rear of the ball line, the machine is provided at each side (Figs. 3 and 10) with an abutment member or plate 180 arranged to act on a pin 182 which is fast on an arm that projects from the member hereinbefore referred to as mounted in a guideway in the rear side of the gripper casing. It will 96 will result in corresponding turning movement of the gripperJ The abutment plates 1 are substantially parallel to the guide arms 94:, so that they have no turning sheet on the grippers in response to the inward or overdrawing movements of the latter; but when the gripper that engages the upper at the inner side of the shoe receives its foredra'wing movement, the plate 180 at that side acts on'the pin 182' to cause the member and the gripper to turn in the required direction. The plate associated with the gripper that pulls at the outer side of the shoe does not interfere with such turning movement of that gripper as may occur in response to differences in resistance of different portions of the upper in the overdrawing operation, and such resistance will naturally cause that gripper to turn to a position approximating a parallel relation to the adjacentpoi tion of the'eolge of the shoe bottom, as illus trated in Fig. 11. Experience has shown that this is all that is necessary for satisfactory results at the outer side of the shoe where the curvature'is much less than at the inner side. After the grippers 'have released the upper they are swung inwardly to idle positions out of the way of the tacking means, as is common in pulling-over machines and in order that they may not interfere with each other the abutment plates 180 are curved at their inner ends so that the pins 182 may assume positions in which the grippers are substantially or approximately in parallel relation to each other at the end of their inward movements, as indicated in Fig. 11.

The inward or .overdrawing movements of the grippers are effected by mechanism similar to that used heretofore in pulling-over machines of the McFeely type, this mechanism comprising for each gripper a pair of springs 184 that act on a plate 186 which bears'on the outer side of the gripper casing.

,The inward movements of the grippers are controlled by gripper spacing mechanism similar to that shown and described in detail in the prior McFeely patents and including a bar 188 which is moved toward the left (Fig. to release the grippers to the action of their overdraw springs 18 1 and is subse quently moved toward the right to return the grippers to starting position. As in prior machines, this bar is controlled by a slide 190 which is a part of the means provided for imparting inward movements to the wiper and taclrer units, as more fully described in the prior patents this bar having rack teeth 192 controlled by a pinion 194. For the purposes of the present invention, however, it is con.- sideredpreterable, for reasons hereinafterexplained, to impart to the grippers their over,- drawing movements at an earlier time in the cycle than has been customary heretofore in the McFeely type of pulling-over machine, and the present'machine is accordingly provided with novel connections between the bar 188 and the slide 190 arranged to be controlled in part by the slid 114. By reference to Fig. 5 it will be seen that there is pivoted at 196 on the rear end of v he slide 190 a lever 198 provided with a lug 200 arranged to en gage an upstanding lug the lever 198 being pressed downwardly by a spring 20 By this means the slide 190 acts normally hold the bar 188 in its forward position with the gri apers in outspread or normally spaced relation. To permit the overdrawing movements or the grippers the lever 198 is swung upwardly into position to release the lug 202 by the action of a lever arm 206 which is fast on rock shaft 208 and has a projection 210 positioned under the outer end oi the lever-198. Fast on the shaft 208 is an arm 212 provided with a pin 214 that projects into a slot formed in a lever 216. The lever 216 has an arm that projects downwardly into position to be engaged by an end of the rod 120 whic i, as already eX- plained, is carried by the bracket 118 that moves with the sildelll. The lever 216'a'nd the rod 120 are arranged in such relation that the rod will engage the lever when the slide 11a has arrived nearly at the end of its operative movement, and by further movement of the slide the l ver will beturnedinto position to effect the release of the bar 188' It will thus be evident that the overdrawing of the upper will take placesubstantially at the end of the updrawing and toredrawing operation after the grippers havebeen moved upwardly far enough to avoid contact with the edge of the sole. it will be ui'iderstood that in the return of the parts to starting position the lug 200 will again engage the lug 202 and impart the required'return movement to the bar 188. v

Each of the two opposite wiper and tacker units comprises an arm 218 arranged to be moved laterally of the shoe by connections to the slide 190, as morefully oescribed in the prior patents, and havin mounted therein a tack driver bar 220 likewise operated and controlled in the manner common heretofore. For purposes of this invention the lower end of each arm 218 is shaped to provide a down-- wardly extending cylindrical bearing 222 for a rotatable wiper and tacker block 22l,'the

latter being held in position for turning movement about the bearing 222 by means of a bearing screw 226. The block 22 1 has mounted thereon the usual tack holders 228 supplied automatically with tacks in the same manner as in prior pulling-over machines, and tack drivers 230 carried by a slide 232 which in any position oi the block 224 is'in operative relation to an operating member 234 on the lower end of the driver bar 220;

Inthe construction shown each of the wiper 202 on the bar 188,

and tacker units is arranged to drive two:

tacks, although the invention is not dependent upon the use of any particular number of tacks. Below the tack holders is a wiper 236 provided with a cylindrical shank 238 mounted in a socket formed in a wiper holder 2&0, the latter being mounted on a pivot 242 in the lower end of the block 224. A spring 244 connected to the wiper holder acts to position the wiper normally as indicated in Fig. 4, while permitting the wiper to tip upwardly in response to its engagement with the shoe for wiping the upper over the edge of the sole. The shank 238 of the wiper may turn in the wiper holder to permit the wiper to adjust itself to the inclination of the shoe bottom, such turning movement being limited by a. clamp 2-l6 which is secured to the outer end of the shank and is forked for engagement with opposite sides of a plate 248 that is secured to the wiper holder. The clamp also serves to limit inward movement of the Wiper relatively to the wiper holder, and a spring 250 is arranged to hold the Wiper normally at the limit of movement thus de termined, as illustrated in Fig. l, while pe- :nitting the wiper to yield upon engagement with the shoe. The wiper is provided with a shoulder 252 which limits its inward movement over the shoe. This affords a simple and effective means for wiping the upper in and for holding it until it is fastened by the tacks, but the invention is not dependent upon the use of overwiping means of this particular construction,

moven I it forwardly toward the L act in directions substantial y perpendicular to the portions of the edge of the sole where they are located such turning movement-of the blocks 22a resulting also in positioning the tacks at substantially uniform distances from the edge of he sole. In the construction shown turning movements of the required extentare imparted to the wiper and tacker blocks 22%: by the action of cam members 25% upon lever arms 256, the latter being mounted at one end upon pivots 258 carried by lugs on the lower ends of the arms 218 and connected at the other end by slidable cou- EJlingS 260 to projections 262 on the blocks 22%. Between its ends each lever 256 carries a roll for engagement with the cam. lt will thus be seen thatas each wiper and tacker unit moves inwardly toward the shoe. its wiper and tackers will be turned in the required direction by the action of the cam member 254 on the lev r 56, as indicated by Fig. 8.

As previously stated, it is cesired that the wiping and tacking means that acts at the inner side of a sh 2 shall have a greater component of forward movement than the means that acts at the outer side of the shoe, and

eachof the cam members 254 is accordingly provided with cam faces a and h positioned substantially at right angles to each other, as illustrated in Fig. 9, and the machine has means for positioning the different cam members in such relation to each. other and for controlling them in such mannerthat the wiping and tacking means at the inner side of a shoe will be turned by the portion a of its cam member while the wiping and tacking ieans at th opposite side of the shoe is turned by the portion 7) of its cam, whatever shoe is presented for treatment. To this end, the cam members 254: are mounted to turn in hearings in the frame and are connected by lever arms 266 and links 268 to arms 276 and 272 fastened respectively to the rock shaft 82 and the sleeve 88 previously described as a part of the means for effecting and alternating the foredrawnig movements of the grippers. It will be readily understood that these connections to the cam members are cell as to alternate the turning movements of the wiping and tacking mechanisms for rightand left shoes with the corresponding alternation of the gripper movements. To

maintain the rolls 264 in engagement with their cam members, the levers 266 are engaged on their inner sides by spring plungers 274 which are mounted in the arms 218.

In the operation of the machine, briefi summarized, the operator presents a shoe, the upper of which has been previously tensioned or shaped to the last and fastened at the toe, in the position indicated in Fig. 1 with its toe end against the gage member 6, and then depresses the treadle rod 46 to move the shoe supporting member 28 into cla1nping engagement with the shoe. If the shoe previously operated upon by the machine was, for example, a right shoe, the shoe presented will be a left shoe; or if it should be desired to operate upon another right shoe, the ma chine will be correspondingly set by a manual movement of the pawl carrier 148, as hereinbefore explained. the machine the grippers are operated to grip and to pull the upper at opposite sides of the shoe, and during the updraw movement of the grippers the gripper that pulls at the inner side of the shoe receives a foredrawing movement and a simultaneous turning movement into position for its to extend in substantially parallel relation to the corresponding portion of the sole edge. Subst ntially at the end of the updraw movement of the grippers they have imparted to them their overdrawing movements, during which the outer side gripper may alsoturn more or less, the gripper jaws assuming, at the end of the overdraw, positions substantially as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 11.

The machine herein shown is so controlled as to come automatically to a stop before the grippers release the upper, as has been Upon the starting of i customary heretofore in pulling-over machines, although it is contemplated that under some conditions such a stop may be run necessary. During this pause in the operation of the machine the operator is enabled to inspect the upper, and if necessary he may adjust the upper on the last by manual. movements of the side gripper levers; In determining whether conditions are such as to require adjustment oi the upper the operator is assisted by the fact that the upper is held in overdrawn condition, substantially in the position in which it is to be tacked. It is to be recognized that in this among other respects the invention is not limited in its advantages to a machine which pulls the upper in the particular locations herein shown, but is of more general utility in pulling-over machines.

lV hen the machine is again started side clamping pads 276. which are carried by arms 27 8 similar to the side clamp arms of prior pulling-over machines are moved inwardly into engagement with the shoe at the rear of the manually operated shoe support. As the machine continues its cycle the wiping and tacking mechanisms are moved inwardly and turned as hereinbei'ore explained, the grippers being released from the upper as soon as the wipers have arrived in effective holding engagement with the shoe in response to the action of the inwardly moving tacking means upon latches 280 on the grippers. lVhen the wiping and tacking mechanisms have arrived in proper position for driving the tacks, the tack driving means is made to operate in the usual manner, and the parts of the machine are thereupon returned to starting position, the parts being set automatically to operate next upon the other shoe of the pair.

It is contemplated that the invention will be utilized with important advantages in operating not only upon welt shoes, as hereillustrated, but also upon other kinds of shoes including McKay-sewed shoes and turn shoes. After the upper has been pulled over and fastened in the manner illustrated the shoe is ready to be presented without further treatment to the side-lasting machine. It is contemplated, moreover, that with some shoes, for example turn shoes of the smaller sizes or other shoes where the style of last renders it p actical, the shoe may be directly presented to a machine for sewing the upperto the sole without the intervening operation of side lasting.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for imparting to said gripper in the course of the upper pulling operation turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to draw the upper inwardly toward the side of the last at the rear of the ball line. 7

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning'means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for effecting relative movement of the gripper and the last to pull the upper heightwise of the last, and means for imparting to said gripper in the course of said relative movement turning movement about an axis extending hei htwise of the shoe to carry the rear ends of its jaws nearer to the longitudinal median line of the shoe than the front ends of the jaws.

8. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a grip per so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball. toward the shank, means for effecting relative movement of said gripper and the last to pull thev upper heightwise of the last, andinechanism automatically operative in time relation to said relative movement of the gripper and the last to impart to the gripper turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to pull the upper at the rear of the gripper jaws inwardly toward the side of the last. i

4i. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for effecting relative, movement of said gripper and the last to pull the upper heightwise of the last, means for moving said gripper inwardly to draw the upper over the edge of the sole, and mechanism automatically operative to turn said gripper about an axis extending heightwise or" the shoe to carry its jaws into substantially parallel relation to that portion of the edge of the sole over which the upper is pulled inwardly in the overdrawing operation,

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means. comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curvev in wardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for imparting to said gripper in automatically determined time relation to each other turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe and overdrawing movement inwardly over the bottom of the shoe.

6. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said gripper updrawing movement to pull the upper and turning movement to carry its jaws into substantially parallel relation to said inwardly curved edge of the sole, and mechanism automatically operative thereafter to move the gripper inwardly over the bottom of the shoe to overdraw the upper.

7., In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pullingmeans comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for imparting to said gripper in automatically determined time relation to one another updrawing, overdrawing and twisting movements.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and operating means for said gripper comprising mechanism for moving it inwardly over the bottom of the last and mechanism for turning it in the course of the upper pulling operation to carry the rear ends of its jaws farther inwardly than the front ends for drawing the upper tightly over the shoulder formed by the inward curvature of the last and the sole at the rear of; the ball line.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination'with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and meanstor imparting to said gripper foredrawing movement toward the toe end of the shoe and turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to draw the upper close to the side of the last at the rear of the ball line. I

10. In a machine of the class described, th combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for imparting to said gripper substantially simultaneouslya foredrawing movement toward the toe of the shoe and a turning movement to carry the rear ends otthe gripper jaws inwardly toiylard the longitudinal median line of the s oe.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge or" the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for operating sai gripper to pull the upper forwardly toward the toe of the shoe and inwardly over the sole and for turning it about an axis extending heightwise 01"? the shoe to position its jaws in substantially parallel relation to the inwardly curved edge of the sole.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and operating means for imparting to said gripper in time relation foredrawing, overdrawing and turning movements. v

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper. so positioned as to grip the upper at that por: tion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for moving said gripper toward the toe ofthe shoe andfor turning it about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe, and mechanism automatically operative in time relation to the turning of the gripper to move it inwardly over the bottom of the shoe to draw the upper over the edge of the sole.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so I for gripping the upper at the side of the shoe,

means for moving said gripper forwardly towardthe toe of the shoe,and mechanism automatically operative in response to the for ward movement of the gripper to turn it about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe. V

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, or upper pulling means comprising a gripper for gripping the upper at the side ot'the shoe, a gripper turning device connected to said gripper, and an abutment arranged ,to act upon said'device in response to the forward movement of the gripper to turn the gripper about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, oi upper pulling means comprising a gripper for gripping the upper at the side of the shoe, a gripper guide relatively to which the gripper is movable heightwise of the shoe, means for moving said guide and the gripper forwardly toward the toe of the shoe, and a relatively stationary abutment arranged to act on said guide in its forward movement to turn the gripper about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe. V

17. In a machine of the class described, he combination with shoe positioning means, o t upper pulling means comprisinga gripper for gripping the upper at the side of the shoe, means for guiding said gripper to move heightwise of the shoe and inwardly over the bottom of the shoe comprising parts one of which is pivoted to the other and is slidingly connected to the gripper, means for moving said guiding means and the gripper forwardly toward the toe of the shoe, and a member arranged to act on said pivoted part of the guiding means in the forward movement of the gripper to turn the gripper about an axis extending heightwise o1 the shoe.

l8. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe wherethe side of the last.

and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparti rig to said gripper inward movement to draw he upper over the edge of the sole, and auto: matic meansfor turning said gripper to position its jaws in substantially parallel relation' to that portion of the edge oi the sole over which the upper is pulled and for maintaining the jaws in that relation during the overdrawing movement of the gripper.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning me ns. oif

upper pullingmeans comprising gri p p uiling the upperrespectively at the opposite l s of the shoe, means for imparting upei w movement, to said grippers, and autoticmeans operative independently of the updrmv movement oi the rs i'or imparting to one of said g opers alone "foredrawing movementtoward the toe oi" the shoe. I

20. In a machine of the class described, t is "inbi'nation with shoe positioning means of ippers "for e no; the upper respectively he oppositesidesof the shoe including -"rip the upper 3 ppm; so positioned as to at the inner side of the shoe in the locat on edge of the sole.

ing to said inner side gripper ioredrawing' where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and operating means for said rippers comprising mechanism r'or imparting to said inner side gripper at an automatically determined time in the operation of the machine tnrning movement about an axis extending heigl twise oi' the shoe to pull the up per at the rear of the ball line inwardly toward the side of the last. i

22. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means,;oi grippers i'or'pulling the upperrespectively at the opposite SldGSOii the shoe including a gripper sopositioned'as to grip the upper at the inner side of the shoe 7 in the location where the side of the last and the'edge ofthe sole curve inwardly frointhe ball'toward-the shank, and means for imparting to said inner side gripper foredrawing movement toward the toe oi the shoe and turning movement to pull the upper close to the shoulder formed I by the inward curvature of the last and the edge of the sole at the rear of the ball line.

23. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising g ippers for gripping the upper respectively at the opposite sides of the shoe substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said opposite side grippers inward movements to draw the upper over the sole, and means for imparting to that gripper which grips the upper at the inner side oi the shoe fO33diDfling movement and turning movement about an axis extending heightwise oi. the shoe. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of npperpulling means comprising grippers for oping the upper respectively at the 0pb posite sides of the shoe substantially in loca tions where the sides of the last and the'edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said opposite side grippers inward movenents to drawthe upper'over the edge of the sole while permitting the gripper at the outer side of the shoe to'turn in responseflto'resistance of the upper, and mechanism for iniparting to the gripper at the inner side of the shoe turning movement of predetermined tent to position its aws in substantially parallel relation to said" inwardly curved 22111 1 amachine of the-class described,

the combination with shoe positioning means, of grippers for pulling the upper respectivey at the opposite sides of the shoe including a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at the inner side of the shoe in the location where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, and means for imparting to said inner side gripper twisting and foredrawing movements and overdrawing movement to pull the upper over the shoulder formed by the inward curvature of the side of the last and the edge of the sole at the rear of the ball line.

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, and means for imparting to said grippers independently of control by the operator or by the shoe upper pulling movements difiering in direction for right and left shoes respectively.

27. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, operating means for imparting to said grippers upper pulling movements differing in direction for right and left shoes respectively, and automatic means for setting said operating means to 0perate on right and left shoes alternately.

28. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, operating means for imparting to said grippers upper pulling movements differing in direction for right and left shoes respectively, and automatic means for setting said operating means to 0p crate on right and left shoes alternately comprising mechanism adapted to be manipu-- lated by the operator to condition the machine for operating on either a right or a left selec tively.

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe'positioning means, of opposite side grippers, different operating mechanisms associated respectively with the different grippers for imparting to each gripper movement in a predetermined direction, an operating member common to the different grippers, and means for connecting said member to one or the other of the different gripper operating mechanisms for operating respec tively on right or left shoes.

30. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, means for imparting to both of said grippers updrawing and overdrawin movements in operating on different shoes, and foredrawing mechanisms associated respectively with the differentgrippers and operative aternately in the use of the machine on right and left shoes to impart to the gripper engaging the upper at the inner side of the shoe foredrawing movement toward the toe of the shoe.

31. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of

opposite side grippers, mechanisms for imparting respectively to the different grippers foredrawing movement toward the toe of the shoe, and means for rendering one of said mechanisms operative in the use of the machine on a right shoe and the other of said mechanisms operative in the use of the ma opposite side grippers, devices connected respectively to the different grippers for turning them about axes extending helghtwise of the shoe, and means for rendering said different devices alternately operative in the use of the machine on right and left shoes.

34. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, operating mechanisms associated respectively with the different grippers for imparting to them foredrawing and twisting movements, and automatic means for rendering said different mecha nisms alternately operative in successive cycles of the machine. I

35. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers for gripping the upper substantially in locations where the sidesof the last and the'edge of the sole'curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, and means for imparting foredrawing and twisting movements to one of said grippers in operating on a right shoe and to the other of said grippers in operating on a left shoe.

36. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers for gripping the upper substantlally in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, different operating mechanisms for I the different respectivegrippers to move them forwardly and turn them about axes extending heightwise of the shoe, and means for rendering. one of said operating mechanisms effective in operating on a right shoe and the other mechanism effective in operating on a left shoe. i

37. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of

opposite side grippers for gripping the upper substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the-sole curve inwardly from theball toward the shank of the iii of the shoe, a member mounted on said arm for turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe and having a wiper and tacking means thereon, a lever pivoted on said tacker arm and connected to said member, and a cam arranged to act on said lever in the movement of the tacker arm inwardly toward the shoe to turn said member about its axis for positioning the wiper and the tacking means relatively to the shoe.

454'. in a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said gripper in the course of the upper pulling operation: turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to draw the upper inwardly toward the side of the last at the rear of the ball line, and means for fastening the upper at said inwardly curved portion of the sole.

48. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of ipper pulling means comprising a gripper So positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said gripper turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to draw the upper inwardly toward the side of the last at the rear of the ball line, and upper fastenin g means movable inwardly over the shoe with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe into position to fasten the upper at said inwardly curved portion of the sole.

49. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball. toward the shank, means for imparting to. said gripper turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to draw the upper inwardly toward the side of the last at the rear of the ball line, a wiper and tacker device movable inwardly over the shoe into position. to fasten the upper at said innrdly curved portion of the sole, and means for turning said. wiper and tacker device about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to bring it into proper relation to that porti on of the edge of the sole where the fastening of the upper takes place;

50. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe simultaneously including a gripper and means for operating 'it to pull the upper forwardly and inwardly at the inner side of the shoe over the edge of the sole where said edge curves inwardly toward the shank at the rear of the ball line, and means for inserting a fastening to fasten the upper at said inwardly curved portion of the sole.

51. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising a gripper so positioned as to grip the upper at that portion' of the shoe where the side of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank, means for imparting to said gripper foredrawing and turning movements and inward movement to pull the upper over said inwardly curved portion of the last and the sole, and overlaying and fastening means movable inwardly over substantially the same portion of the shoe as said gripper with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe of the shoe.

52. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe, and means for laying the upper inwardly and for fastening it in locations where the edge of the sole curves inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe comprising overlaying and fastening devices movable laterally of the shoe at its opposite sides each with a component of movement forwardly toward thetoe of the shoe. f

53. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising opposite side grippers arranged to gripthe upper substantially in locations where thesides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, operating means for said grippers constructed to impart to the gripper at the inner side of the shoe turning movement about an axis extending heightwise of the shoe to pull the upper inwardly at the rear of the ball line, and means for overlaying and fastening the'upper substantially in the locations where it is pulled by the grippers comprising an overlaying and fastening device at the inner side of the shoe movable inwardly with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe of the shoe.

54. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising opposite side grippers arranged to grip the upper substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, operating means for said grippers constructed to impart to the gripper at the inner side of the shoe movement forwardly and inwardly over the sole, and overlaying and fastening means comprising at the inner side of the shoe an overlaying and fastening de vice arranged to operate on substantially the same portion of the shoe as the inner side gripper and movable inwardly over the shoe with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe.

55. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising opposite side grippers arranged to grip the upper substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge ofthe sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, operating means for said grippers constructed to impart to the'gripper at the inner side of the shoe foredrawing and turning movements, overlaying and fastening de vices for the opposite sides of the shoe, and means for operating said devices constructed to impart to the device at the inner side of the shoe inward movement over the shoe and turning movement about an axis extendheightwise of the shoe to position it relatively to the shoe.

56. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe, and overlaying and fastener inserting devices movable inwardly over the shoe in locations where the edge of the sole curves inwardly from the ball toward the shank and each having a component of movement forwardly toward the toe of the shoe.

57. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of upper pulling means comprising grippers for gripping the upper substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank the shoe, and means for over laying and fastening the upper in said locations comprising devices movable inwardly over the shoe each with a component movement forwardly toward the toe of the shoe.

58. In a machine of the class described, the combi ration with shoepositioning means, of upper pulling means con'iprising grippers cations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, overlaying aud'fastening devicesforthe opposite of the shoe arranged to act on the shoe in said locations, and means for moving said devices inwardly over the shoe and for turning them about axes extending heightwise of the shoe to swing their inner shoe engaging portions forwardly toward the toe of the shoe.

59. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the'opposite sides of theshoe over portions of the last and the edge of the sole that curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, and overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over said curved portions of the shoe at its opposite sides each with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe of r gripping the upper substantially in 10- the shoe, the overlaying and fastenii'ig device at the inner side of the shoe having a greater component of forward movement than the device at the outer side of the shoe.

60. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe over portions of the last and the edge of the sole that curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over said curved portions of the sole sides of the shoe, overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over the shoe in locations whore the edge of the sole curves in wardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe into position for fastening the upper to the sole, andmeans for imparting to said overlaying and fastening devices inward movements differing in direction for right and left shoes respectively.

62. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pullingthe upper at the opposite sides of the shoe over portions of the last and the edge of the'sole that curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over said curved portions of the solo at its opposite sides into position for fastening the upper to the sole, controlling means for determining different directions of inward movement of said devices for right and left shoes respectively, and automatic means for setting said controlling means to operate on right and left shoes alternately. I

63. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe over portions of the last and the edge of the sole that'curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over said curved portions of the solo at its opposite sides intoposition for fastening the upper to the sole, and controlling means for turning said devices about axes extending heightwise of the shoe to swing their inner shoe engaging portions forwardly toward the toe of the shoe, said controlling means being automatically operative in the use of the machine successively on right and left shoes to effect a relatively greater turning movement of the overlaying and fastening device wh'ch operates at the inner side of each shoe.

6 In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe over portions of the last and the edge of the sole that curve inwardly from the hall toward the shank of the shoe,

Yer-laying and fastening devices movable inwardly 0311' said curved portions of the sole at its opposite sides, members for controlling said overlaying and fastening devices to cause them to operate-each with a component of movement forwardly toward the toe of the shoe as they move inwardly over the shoe, said members being constructed and arranged to determine for the device engaging the upper at one side of the shoe a greater component of forward movement than for the device at the other side of the shoe and automat-i0 means for controlling said members to cause one of said overlaying and fastening devices to receive the greater component of forward movement in operating on a right shoe and the other of said devices to receive the greater component of forward movement in operating on a left shoe.

65. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of means for pulling the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe over portions of the last and the edge of the sole that curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, overlaying and fastening devices movable inwardly over said curved portions of thesole at its opposite sides. cams for imparting to said devices in their inward movements turning movements about axes eXtend'ng heightwise of the shoe, said cams being arranged to impart to the overlaying and fastening device atthe inner side of the shoe a greater turning movement than to the device at the outer side of the shoe. and means for setting said cams to reverse the conditions of turning movement of the different devices in operating respectively on right andv left shoes.

66. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, devices supported independently of said grippers for overlaying and fastening the upper -t the opposite sides of the shoe, and operating means for imparting to said grippers and to said overlaying and fastening devices movements diffen ing in direction for right and left shoes respectively.

'7 67. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers, devices for overlayand fastening the upper at the opposite sides of the shoe, operating means for im-' parting to said grippers and to said overlaying and fastening devices movements differing in direction respectively at the opposite sides of the shoe, and controlling mechanism automatically operative to change the directions of said movements for operating on right and left shoes alternately.

68. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of opposite side grippers arranged to pull the upper at portions of the shoe where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardiy from the hall toward the shank. operating means for said grippers constructed to impart to the gripper engaging the upper at the inner side of the snoe foredrawing and turning movements, overlaying and fastening devices arranged to operate on said. inwardly curved portions of the shoe, means for moving said devices inwardly over the shoe and for imparting to them turning movements differing in extent at the inner and outer sides of the shoe respectively, and controlling mechanism automatically operative to condition the upper pulling and the overlaying and fastening means to operate upon a right shoe in one cycle of the machine and upon a left shoe in the next cycle of the machine.

69. A machine of the class described having, in combination. means for positioning a shoe having its upper pulled over and tened at the toe and at the opposite sides of the forepart comprising a device for determining the lengthwise position of the shoe. and means for operating substantially simultaneously at the opposite sides of the shoe to pull over and fasten portions of the upper at the rear of the previously pulled over portions.

70. A m caine of the class described having, in combination, means for positioning a shoe having its upper pulled over and fastened at the toe and at the opposite sides of the forepart comprising a device for determining the lengthwise position of the shoe, opposite side grippers arranged relatively to said shoe-positioning means to pull the upper at the rear of the previously pulled over portions substantially in locations where the sides of the last and the edge of the sole curve inwardly from the ball toward the shank of the shoe, and means for fastening the portions of the upper that are pulled by said grippers.

71. A machine of the class described hav-.

ing, in combination. means for positioi...ng a shoe having its upper pulled over and fastened at the toe and at the opposite sides of the forepart, opposite side grippers arranged.

ciated respectively with the dinerent grippers and supported independently of said grippers for wiping inwardly and fastening 

